Decker v. NEDC: The Supreme Court may not be the end of the (unregulated) forest road

Can EPA administratively trump a pending Court decision by issuing last-minute regulations on logging roads under the Clean Water Act?

Facts can be pesky things: SCOTUS takes up LA County Flood Control District v. NRDC

The Court granted limited review of Clean Water Act regulation of municipal stormwater systems only to find that all parties agree on the answer to that narrow question is “No.”

The truth about mercury TMDLs

How do Total Maximum Daily Load standards account for the vast amount of cross-boundary mercury deposited by air currents?

The Cross-State Air Pollution Rule: Will EPA learn from experience?

EPA’s new regulations on cross-state air pollution were rejected by the courts. Will EPA learn from past mistakes in controlling pollution that moves across state boundaries?

IN BRIEF

A summary of recent environmental, energy, and resources decisions at the federal, district, and appellate levels.